Sounding toy



JuneQZ. 1925.

G. H. PARSONS SOUNDING TOY Filed May 1, 1924 W/TNESSES:

ITTTORNEYS.

Patented June 2, 1925.

UNITED STATES PATENT orricis.

GEORGE H. mesons, or new YORK, N. ASSIGNOR To AvEeILL MANUFACTURING 00., OF EW YORK, N. A CORPORATION or new YORK.

sotmmne' TOY.

I 1 Application filed May 1,

- T0161 who??? 2'15 may concern:

Be it known that. LV'GEORGE H. 'PARSONS,I1. citizen ol the United'States, and a resident of the city of New York, borough of Manhattan, in the county of New York and State of New YO1'l ,liL\", invented ,a new and Illiproved Sounding; Toy, of which the llollowing: is a full, clear, andexaet description.

This invention relates to iinln'ovements in toys, and has particular reference to a doll toy.

An object of the invention to provide a doll of simple and practical construction wherein means within tlie doll'ma'y be util-- izedto createa blast of air suflic-ientto operate av sounding; toy, bubble pipe or the like. Another object resides in sealing the head of the'doll with the :exception of a lllOllll-l opening to constitute said head as an air l chamber into which air may be injectedby a bellows-like. structure in the body and ejected through said nioutlropening to operate, for instance, a sound-ing toy.

-A further object is to provide an im-.

proved holder lor asounding toyby ineans of which the toy may be attached ito a doll and operated by a blast of air generated within the doll. I,

A still further object is the provision of a holder forming a mounting for the toy which will permit olsaid toy being reciprocated in the holder'and at-the SflIHQtllDBOP- erated by a blast of air ejected -fFOlll the :interior ot th doll or a like object to which said holdermay be attached.

The above and other objects will appear more clearly from the following detailed description, when taken in connection with the accompanying drawing, which illustrates a preferred embodiment of the inventive idea.

In the drawing- Figure 1 is a perspective view of a doll constructed in accordance with the invention and showing a harmonica and its holder attached to thedoll and in position to be played by blasts of air created within the doll;

Figure 2 is a vertical longitudinal section through the doll shown in Figure 1;

Figure 3 is a longitudinal section through the holder for the sounding toy;

Figure 4: is a section on the line 4-,4- of Figure 3;

Figure 5 is a. perspective view of a parti 1924.- Serial No. 710,466.

tiou separating the body of the doll from the head thereof and lorniingthe latter into an airchainber; and I Figure 6 is a perspective view, partly broken away and shown in section, of another sounding toy in the forni' of a horn which may be used with the doll.

lhe doll proper as shown In the drawing, is of a well known constructionand includes a hodypor'tion10and head portion 11 made of any suitable materials, the body portion being, stuffed with some soft material, such as cotton 1201 the like. The head ll is of hollow construction and provided therein with acircular mouth opening 13. partition 14 in the form of a'diskniade of cork or other like material is 'inserteijl' into the neck of the head portion and sealed there in by a suitable adhesive so as to form an air-chamber in-the head portion, the periphery'ol the partition being tapered so that the same will snugly engage andconlorni to the curvature of said neck. Centrally of the partition 14 the sameis-pr'o-vided with an opening 15 in which is fitted-one-end of a tubular extension 16 of rigid inaterial having 'a considerable portion thereof projecting beyond the partition for a purpose which will presently appear.

The body .10 has suitably disposed therein a bellows-like structure, which :is preferably in the form of a rubber bulb -17 capable oi beingcompressed'to expel the air therefrom and which will restore ;to its normal expan dedcondition uponbeing released. The outlet end of the bulb 17 has an extension or nipple 18 mounted therein similar to the tension 16 and fitted over the projecting portion ol? the extension 18 is a tubular flexible connection 19, the outer end of which. terminates just beyond the adjacent end of the body portion 10 upon which the head 11 is mounted,

When the parts carried by the body and head portions have been assembled as de scribed, the projecting part of the extension 16 is inserted into the outer end of the connection 19, as shown in Figure 2, and a suitable adhesive is applied to the engaging surfaces of the body and head portions so that the head will be secured to the body. From the foregoing description it will be obvious that the partition 14 forms an e1.- fective seal for the head portion and that by connecting; said partition with the bulb 1? as described, a compression of said bulb will force a blast of air therefrom and into the air chamber formed by the head portion. By providing the head portion with an opening, such as the mouth opening 13, it will be apparent that this blast of air will be exhausted through said opening and may be utilized for operating various sounding or reed toys, or for blowing soap bubbles from a suitable instrument, such as a bubble pipe. It will also be obvious that a subsequent release of the bulb 17 after being compressed will operate to draw air inwardly through the opening 13 into the head portion and this intake of air may be utilized to also operate a toy, such as a harmonica.

Sounding toys, such as the harmonica 20 shown in Figure 3 and the horn 21 shown in Figure 6, have associated therewith astem 22, which is capable of insertion into the opening 13 so as to retain the toy in operative position. As illustrated in Figures 3 and 4, the stem 22 forms a part of a holder 23 which is substantially U-shaped in cross section so as to partially embrace the adjacent longitudinal edge of the barmonica 20 when the latter is in position in the holder. A small gasket 2st is mounted on the stem 22 at its inner end adjacent the member 23 which, when the instrument is placed in the opening 18, will permit the member 23 from contacting the face of the doll and possibly marring the same.

The harmonica is mounted for reciprocation in the holder so that the various reeds thereof may be brought into direct alignment with the stem 22. the holder further consists of a frame 25, preferably formed of a length of wire bent into substantially rectangular formation and of a length suflicient to permit all of the reeds of the harmonica to be aligned with the stem 22. The ends of the frame 25 are secured in any preferred manner to the To this end member 23 on opposite sides of the stem 22 and the intermediate portion of the frame, that is the portion opposite the member 23, is engageable in a longitudinally extending groove 26 formed in the rear edge of the harmonica so as to combine with the member 23 to form a guide and retaining 'means for effectively maintaining the harmonica in operative position within the holder. By forming the frame 25 of wire, it will be understood that said frame is of suflicient resiliency to permit of the intermediate portion thereof being readily engaged in and disengaged from the groove 26 so that the harmonica may be easily removed and replaced whenever desired. Thus with the harmonica and its holder in position as shown in Figures 1 and 2, it will be obvious that by repeatedly compressing the bulb 17 and allowing it to expand and at the same time reciprocating the har monica and the holder, the harmonica may be played by blasts of air injected into the head portion and by the intake of air through the stem 22. It will also be obvious that the horn 21 may be operated in the same manner and that other similar instruments may be substituted for those described, such as a bubble pipe and the like.

What is claimed is:

In a sounding toy, an air blast tube adapted to be inserted in the mouth of a doll, a member fixed to the end of the tube, an elongated transversely positioned wire frame having the ends of said wire forming said frame fixed to the said member, and a harmonica appreciably shorter than the frame located within the frame and having a longitudinal grooved therein receiving one longitudinal member of the frame, the opposite edge of the harmonica being guided in said member.

GEORGE H. PARSONS. 

